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On the streamlined Alfasud coupé, the 2.5 V6 in a central position.
Racing chassis and a configuration for four-wheel drive.
Museo Storico Alfa-Romeo
Viale Alfa-Romeo
Arese
Italy - Italia
November 2018
Streamlined Moderne building (Built in 1948) with fairly new buildings in the background - December 28, 2018.
I bought this little engine on Ebay this evening. (seller's photos) I really like the running characteristics of the Broadway Limited "Hybrid" models, so for the price I couldn't pass it up.
The BLI imported models are brass and die cast construction, the boiler and tender structures are fabricated sheet brass, while the frame of, both, the engine and tender is die cast metal. They come factory painted and equipped with a can motor with flywheel drive, sound, smoke and complete lighting and run on DC and DCC systems. They are excellent models for the cost.
Scale: HO
Category: Steam
Type: STREAMLINED
Road: New York Central (NYC)
Whyte: 4-6-4
Description: DREYFUSS HUDSON J-3A
Importer: BLI (Hybrid Series)
Catalog: 1146
Year(s): 2014
Preset Style = Streamlined
Format = 6" (Medium)
Format Margin = Small
Format Border = Sm. Rounded
Drawing = Technical Pen
Drawing Weight = Medium
Drawing Detail = Lower
Paint = Natural
Paint Lightness = Auto
Paint Intensity = Normal
Water = Tap Water
Water Edges = Medium
Water Bleed = Minimal
Brush = Natural Detail
Brush Focus = Everything
Brush Spacing = Wide
Paper = Plain
Paper Texture = Medium
Paper Shading = Light
Options Faces = Enhance Faces
Summer of ‘57
I’m comfortably ensconced in a deluxe seat in Southern stainless steel streamlined coach 903, “Pulaski.” It’s July 5, 1957, and my father, mother and sister are en route to Philadelphia, where my uncle and aunt will meet us for a month-long vacation in the City of Brotherly Love. Not quite ten years old, this summer will be incredibly special. I press my nose against the glass to see where we might be, not knowing this trip will introduce me to the hoagie sandwich; the Valley Forge battlefield; Atlantic City; the incredible wonders of Manhattan; B&O blue and gray F-units with brass Capitol dome logos on their noses, RDC cars and the passenger trains of the Royal Blue Line; Baldwin 4-10-2 three cylinder compound demonstrator No. 60000 at the Franklin Institute, and the adrenalin rush of watching Pennsy GG1s run full out by the suburban passenger shelter at Folcroft, Pennsylvania. We’ll be carried home on train 41, the “Pelican,” and arrive behind N&W class J 604. And as long as I have memory, I’ll relish standing under the umbrella shed at Bristol after we arrive that morning, listening to her cross compound air pumps, smelling the aroma of steam and valve oil, and taking in the enormity of the finest steam passenger locomotive ever built---anywhere. What a summer this will be!
But now, we’re stopped at some unknown rural location. I see no community, and no depot. The friendly conductor tells me this is Vicker, Virginia, and as it is with all Bristol-Monroe through passenger trains, the engine is taking coal to get us to Monroe, VA, where Southern E-units will take over for the last leg to Washington. This is train 46, the Memphis-New York “Tennessean,” one of six (three each way) daily inter-road Southern Railway passenger trains handled by the N&W between Bristol, VA and Monroe, just north of Lynchburg.
The brakes release, and imperceptibly we get underway again. Even nine cars back you can hear the bark of the big class J up front---611. Slowly the sun of the day is gone and the evening turns overcast---then dark---and then the Heavens open up and the rain falls—in buckets. The 611 isn’t fazed. Her veteran Radford Division engineer clamps down tighter on his Harvester-brand cigar, widens on her and pulls the reverser back toward center just a bit. As we twist and turn on the 1.3 percent grade toward Christiansburg, we pick up speed---quickly. Hanging on the 611’s head pin are three old Pennsy express boxes, two baggage cars of storage mail, the RPO, a baggage-dorm/coach, four coaches, a Southern diner, and the Memphis-New York 14 roomette, 4 double bedroom Pullman.
The rain intensifies as the J’s booming baritone Hancock chime whistle clears the grade crossing below the golf course below Christiansburg. You can hear the sharp crack of the engine’s exhaust echo off the hills and hollows through the coach window. I can only imagine what it’s like to be there in the cab at this moment. We’re still 15 minutes late owing to a 45-minute late arrival off the Southern at Bristol, but this marvelous 5200 horsepower marvel of Virginia ingenuity and craftsmanship has shaved 30 minutes en route---and the engine crew apparently still believes it can get to Roanoke on time. Don’t bet against ‘em.
In five more months, the Js will be replaced on the Bristol trains by Southern diesels running through. And a few months after that, leased RF&P and ACL E-units--available during the summer lull in the East Coast passenger trade to Florida--will replace the Js on the Cincinnati-Norfolk trains. Things are changing quickly, and this will never be happen again in my lifetime. Or…will it?
Ron Flanary
NOTE: The image was taken on July 5, 2015, with some details altered using Photoshop to come closer to the look and feel of July 5, 1957. The story is all true, except for some minor details I can’t recall (the number of the coach we were riding, and the actual number of the J on eastbound number 46 that day).
Another one of the Vélo-Torpille (= torpedo-shaped bicycle) and its designer, the French engineer Étienne Bunau-Varilla (1890-1961).
Photo pulled out (not by me) from an unknown book.
This vélo-torpille was one of the first streamlined bicycles ever. The air resistance can be over 90 per cent of the total retarding force on a bicycle. The skin of the vélo-torpille, made of celluloid on a wooden frame, reduced that force substantially. It weighted 17 kilo.
The bicycle was special designed to get and hold the cycling Hour Record (= the longest distance which an individual can cycle in one hour).
In those days, the first years of the 20th century, that record was primary a fight between the Frenchman Marcel Berthet and the Swiss Oscar Egg. Six times the record changed from Berthet to Egg and back.
In 1913 Marcel Berthet was holding the UCI hour record (Union Cycliste Internationale) on the classic race bicycle with 43.77 km/h, when he reached an average speed of 52.3 km/h in his new vélo-torpille. He also established records on the 1, 5 and 10 km with this machine.
But the UCI decided to not recognize these records and to ban streamlining from regular racing. So in 1914 Egg rode a time which Berthet could not beat again: 44.247km/h.
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This electric engine (number 9028) was originally designed as a un-streamlined freight workhorse for use in the mountains of the Western half of the North American continent on a electrified section of the Lego-Land Rail-Road mainline back in 1918. The engine uses a unusual 2+C-2-C+2 arrangement, which is code for two un-powered wheels then these are connected to six powered wheels connected to each other by steam-style driving rods. In the middle is a set of completely separate two un-powered wheels, and then six more powered drivers, lastly followed by two sets of non-powered wheels connected to the drivers by a pin.
After serving dutifully for around seven years as a freight loco, the engine was upgraded to a fully streamline-shrouded passenger unit after another of it's eight-strong class was destroyed in a accident with a stuck Shell tanker truck blocking a road crossing. The 9028 was also given a higher gear ratio in it's trucks, to allow for the higher speeds that the passenger schedule called for.
It was around 1932, that the engine type was first given it's title as the "American Crocodile", or the "Alligator", by a senior Swedish railway official on vacation. The name was picked up by local, then national railroad press, and the name stuck from then on.
(In reality, the loco was screaming for new pantograph's due to the old one's breaking, so I gave it some based on set 10277's leaked pictures. Also, this uses eight Big Ben Bricks medium drivers + four blind drivers for the driving wheels where the gears are. I swapped in the new steamer wheels because the regular wheels are getting scarce, and I need to conserve them as much as I can. I ordered the few parts I don't already have to complete this version of the engine today, so they should be here soon... maybe a week or two for the wheels.)
The streamlined goosander is a handsome bird and a great fisher - its long, serrated bill helps it to catch and hold its slippery fish prey. It nests in riverbank trees, but can be seen on lakes and reservoirs in winter.
Statistics
Length: 57-69cm
Wingspan: 90cm
Weight: 1.3-1.7kg
Average lifespan: 7 years
Conservation status
Classified in the UK as Green under the Birds of Conservation Concern 4: the Red List for Birds (2021).
When to see
January to December
The streamlined goosander is a handsome bird and a great fisher - its long, serrated bill helps it to catch and hold its slippery fish prey. It nests in riverbank trees, but can be seen on lakes and reservoirs in winter.
Statistics
Length: 57-69cm
Wingspan: 90cm
Weight: 1.3-1.7kg
Average lifespan: 7 years
Conservation status
Classified in the UK as Green under the Birds of Conservation Concern 4: the Red List for Birds (2021).
When to see
January to December
The Vélo-Torpille (= torpedo-shaped bicycle) and its designer, the French engineer Étienne Bunau-Varilla (1890-1961). (Apparently he had a 'breveté S.G.D.G.', as you can read on the skin of the vélo-torpille)
This vélo-torpille was one of the first streamlined bicycles ever. The air resistance can be over 90 per cent of the total retarding force on a bicycle. The skin of the vélo-torpille, made of celluloid on a wooden frame, reduced that force substantially. It weighted 17 kilo.
The bicycle was special designed to get and hold the cycling Hour Record (= the longest distance which an individual can cycle in one hour).
In those days, the first years of the 20th century, that record was primary a fight between the Frenchman Marcel Berthet and the Swiss Oscar Egg. Six times the record changed from Berthet to Egg and back.
In 1913 Marcel Berthet was holding the UCI hour record (Union Cycliste Internationale) on the classic race bicycle with 43.77 km/h, when he reached an average speed of 52.3 km/h in his new vélo-torpille. He also established records on the 1, 5 and 10 km with this machine.
But the UCI decided to not recognize these records and to ban streamlining from regular racing. So in 1914 Egg rode a time which Berthet could not beat again: 44.247km/h.
Another streamlined bicycle in my photostream: Göricke.
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I was going to put MKT (standing for Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad, the same owner of Katy caboose, and from where she gets her name) on the sides of the new caboose where the printed brick is but in printed 1 x 1 letters, but the needed green 1 x 4 Technic bricks were problematic, as was the two letter T's that I don't have. Also, the doors to the inside open, but there are no interior details.
Norfolk Southern operated N&W streamlined J-class 4-8-4 Northern steam locomotive # 611 leads a northbound Railfan Excursion Train into tunnel on trip to Oneida, Tennessee, October 1989. Shortly after the photo was taken, I shut the vestibule window while in the tunnel.
Steamtown former Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 Hib class, MLW built 1930, non-streamlined Hudson steam locomotive # 2816, is seen while on display at Scranton, Pennsylvania, October 1996. The boiler jacket on the locomotive is rusting away, hower, eventually the locomotive was sold and was put into operation. The locomotive was purchased by CP in 1998 and sent to the BC Rail steam shops for a complete overhaul, including some updates, costing 2 millon dollars. The 2816 made its first test run on BC rails in 2001. This locomotive originally burned coal, however, it was converted to burn oil during the rebuilding and overhaul.
Streamlined and updated, dealership row is undergoing some changes.
Don't tell anyone, but the sales lot and staff, has shrunk considerably, and these former competitors are now part of the same automotive group.
Baynard Motors
Keys Blvd.
Mystic Beach
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II
Olympus M.14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R
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The avant-garde, streamlined design of the Tatra 87 looks rather like an insect, not least because of the large rear fin. The three headlights are also typical of the Tatra design. The low drag coefficient (Cd) of 0.36 enabled the car with its air-cooled three-litre, V8 engine to attain a speed of 150 km/h. However, at that speed driving the car became dangerous - the heavy rear engine made the tail hard to handle.
The Austrian engineer Hans Ledwinka joined the Czech company Tatra in 1921 as technical director. He invented the 'backbone chassis' and developed aerodynamic designs for motorcars. The design of this particular Tatra dates back to the pre-war years. Ledwinka was a close colleague of Ferdinand Porsche, but when the Volkswagen Beetle was introduced, Tatra claimed that Porsche had copied their design. The court case was interrupted by the war, but Volkswagen later admitted Tatra's influence.
The Portland Art Museum is pleased to announce The Shape of Speed: Streamlined Automobiles and Motorcycles, 1930–1942, a special exhibition debuting at the Museum in Summer 2018. Featuring 19 rare streamlined automobiles and motorcycles, The Shape of Speed opens June 16 and will be on view through September 16, 2018.
The concept of streamlining has fascinated people for generations. Beginning in the 1930s and extending until the outbreak of the World War II, automotive designers embraced the challenge of styling and building truly streamlined cars that were fast and fuel-efficient. They were encouraged by the confluence of aircraft design with the sleek shapes of fast railroad locomotives; new advanced highways such as the Autobahns; and events like the 1939 New York City World’s Fair, which showcased futuristic design.
The Shape of Speed presents a select group of rare automobiles and motorcycles that demonstrate how auto designers translated the concept of aerodynamic efficiency into exciting machines that in many cases, looked as though they were moving while at rest.
The Museum will display 17 cars and two motorcycles—the best of that era’s streamlined offerings—from Europe and the United States. Engineering drawings and period photographs will show some of the aircraft, railroad, ship and yacht designs that influenced the automakers.
Featured designers and engineers include European streamlining pioneer Paul Jaray, along with Richard Buckminster Fuller, Norman Bel Geddes, Raymond Loewy, Harley J. Earl, Hermann Ahrens, Georges Paulin, Joseph Figoni, Dr. Wunibald Kamm, Otto Kuhler, Jean Bugatti, Hans Ledwinka, Gordon Buehrig, and others.
In contrast with the decades following World War II—when advanced aircraft and rocket designs propelled carmakers toward fanciful and impractical designs—the automobile designs in the pre-war period were more organic, emulating the classic teardrop shape thought, at that time, to be perfect for cheating the wind. The results were brought to life in cars with then-startling shapes that looked as though they were ready to be embraced and caressed. Even if they weren’t noticeably faster than their predecessors, they looked fast. In a few cases, the conservative public balked. Sales of well-known brands slipped, then recovered as consumers tentatively embraced and then accepted this brave new look.
The design influence of streamlining was felt far beyond automobile styling in this period. The school of architecture now known as Streamline Moderne had an effect on the shape of radios, appliances, transport trucks, and railroad locomotives, along with such disparate items as table flatware, water pitchers, toasters, pencil sharpeners, and cocktail shakers.
A few of the automotive marques featured in The Shape of Speed include Mercedes-Benz, who have restored one of the carmaker’s Stromlinienwagens (streamlined cars) from 1938, along with Bugatti, BMW, Alfa Romeo, Voisin, Talbot-Lago, Delahaye, Cord and Chrysler. In addition, The Shape of Speed includes two motorcycles: a radically streamlined Henderson KJ and a BMW concept R7 motorcycle that was developed in the mid-1930s, lost for decades in a missing crate, recovered in 2005, and completely restored.
The latest exhibition in the Portland Art Museum’s design series, The Shape of Speed is guest curated by Ken Gross, former director of the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. Gross previously curated the Museum’s 2011 exhibition The Allure of the Automobile, which enthralled visitors with its lavish presentation of automobiles as kinetic art—a form of rolling sculpture. With this new exhibition, the Museum opens the door to another fascinating exploration of automotive design.
“The Shape of Speed celebrates great design that moves us,” said Brian Ferriso, The Marilyn H. and Dr. Robert B. Pamplin Jr. Director and Chief Curator of the Portland Art Museum. “During the Great Depression, the forward-leaning, beautiful designs of streamlined vehicles were aspirational, inspiring a sense of hope for the future. We look forward to bringing that excitement to Portland again.”
The Shape of Speed: Streamlined Automobiles and Motorcycles, 1930–1942 is accompanied by a range of related programs and events, as well as a catalogue. For more information and updates, please visit portlandartmuseum.org.
Organized by the Portland Art Museum. Guest curated by Ken Gross.
Gallaher's Cigarettes "Trains of the World" issued in 1937.
#40 Streamlined Locomotive, Pennsylvania Railroad
Norfolk Southern operated N&W streamlined J-class 4-8-4 Northern steam locomotive # 611 leads its northbound Railfan Excursion Train through a main line "S" curve in Tennessee, October 1989. This Railfan Excursion Train is operating on the former Southern Railway main line between Chattanooga and Oneida, Tennessee.
The streamlined goosander is a handsome bird and a great fisher - its long, serrated bill helps it to catch and hold its slippery fish prey. It nests in riverbank trees, but can be seen on lakes and reservoirs in winter.
Statistics
Length: 57-69cm
Wingspan: 90cm
Weight: 1.3-1.7kg
Average lifespan: 7 years
Conservation status
Classified in the UK as Green under the Birds of Conservation Concern 4: the Red List for Birds (2021).
When to see
January to December
Woody Brown’s streamlined catamaran Lio Kai (seahorse in Hawaiian) off Waikiki Beach. Vintage but undated commercial souvenir Travelchrome Sides by Finley’s Color Laboratory, Montebello, Calif.
Photo details
- "Lio Kai" painted on the bow of the catamaran
- 1899 Waikiki Elks Club Kainalu on the water, far right
- 1927 Waikiki Natatorium War memorial, just below the catamaran’s main sail
- Diamond Head Crater in the distance
This Classic Space-based version of a generic diesel switcher loco is streamlined to match the other locomotives on the Lunar Railroad with a shark-nose at the front for the CS logo.
Produced for presentation at the 1939 New York World's Fair a booklet issued by one of the railroad greats - the Pennsylvania Railroad and describing the new rolling stock the company was then introducing. This page shows the construction of some of the iconic GG1 electric locomotives designed and built for services on the PRR's flagship route between Washington DC and New York City.
In my opinion, this is probably one of the finest pieces of industrial design ever built - the GG-1 Class electric locomotives of the Pennsy. As is often the case with 'classics' there's been some debate about the precise designer of these fine locos as they are usually credited to the designer Raymond Loewy - however, now, it should be mentioned that the earlier works on this class were carried out by the equally famous Donald Roscoe Dohne. It was certainly Loewy who developed the final shape and livery - green until 1952 and then the classic Tuscan Red used by the Pennsy. The locos, 139 0f them in total, ran between 1934 and 1983. They were built by General Electric and the Railroad's Altoona Locomotive Works and it could be these are the erecting shops at Altoona?
Pennsylvania Railroad EMD E7A, class EP20, 2,000 HP diesel electric locomotive # 5882, is seen at the railroad's facility in East Altoona, Pennsylvania, September 16, 1955. Notice the large front number boards applied to this locomotive. Also notice the inductive radio - phone antena mounted on the locomotive's roof. The paint on this passenger locomotive looks like it's new. View the nose mounted frame extension lifting rings along the bottom of the nose door. The Pennsy used the streamlined passenger style pilot on this locomotive as compared to the F style pilot found on many other E-units used by other railroads.
The photographer that took this photo is John Dziobko Jr. (www.GodfatherRails.com)
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SAR streamlined Northener 520 taking on the Adelaide Hills near Belair, South Australia.
©Henk Graalman 7283
This streamlined pitcher was originally designed in 1948 by Clarence M. Burroughs and made by the Burroughs Co., Los Angeles, USA., molded of Burrite, their trade name for Polystyrene plastic. This one is a copy, made in Brazil circa 1963 by Eltex. Chances are it was not a licensed copy. Lots of American and European designs were pirated by the Brazilian industry in the 1950s and 60s.
It is about 23 cm high.
A streamlined version of the previous network shows the connections among categories, subjects and types of sources.
Built in 1938 by Crewe Locomotive works, it was the last of the first batch of 10 locomotives all fitted with the streamlined casing. Following the war the steamlining was removed to make servicing easier. In 1964 she was withdrawn from mainline service and preserved by Sir Billy Butlin as a feature for his holiday camp. In 1975 she was taken into the National Rail collection on a 20 year loan and restored to running state, in a non-streamlined condition. Following withdrawl from preserved running use, she returned to the collection as a static exhbit. In 2005 it was announced she would be returned to the streamlined look. This work carried out by Tyseley Museum workshops was completed in 2009, since which she has been at York on display.
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A gleaming stainless steel train car rests at a Lisbon station platform, its horizontal ribbing and polished surfaces reflecting a mid-20th-century design aesthetic. The industrial precision of the carriage contrasts with the cast-iron columns and roof trusses of the historic station, where ornate architectural details meet the raw functionality of modern transport. Through the narrow windows, glimpses of the red-trimmed interior hint at countless journeys across Portugal’s rail network. This composition emphasizes geometry and texture—the rhythm of riveted metal, the interplay of shadows, and the framing of urban buildings beyond—capturing Lisbon as both a city of heritage and forward momentum.
The streamlined Kansas City Southern F units races through Pickering, LA with the Office Car Special on the return trip from Laredo, TX to Shreveport, LA.
LMS streamlined Coronation Class 4-6-2 "Duchess of Hamilton" is seen inside National Railway Museum the at York.
Czech Tatra 603 at rest. This is a 1959 car, and has a 2.5L air-cooled, rear-mounted V8 engine to power its six-seat streamlined body.
Taken during SALT 8, the UK's only rally for Cold War Classics, held June 6-8 2014.
Camera: Nikon F5
Lens: Nikkor 28-80mm
Film: Kodak Ektar 100
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In the mid-1930s, like many other railway companies, the LNER introduced the concept of streamlined locomotives and train sets to form prestige services that appealed to the travelling public in terms of speed and comfort as well as showing the railways as 'modern' and 'up to date'. The Silver Jubilee, using the new A4 steam locomotives and new train sets, first ran between London Kings Cross and Newcastle on 30 September 1935 and set a new standard for speed at that time.
The quality of the advertising and publicity was, to reflect the intended market, very high although it is fair to say that in many ways the LNER's general approach to marketing was equally as high. The booklet was printed at the Baynard Press in London and features the use of blue and silver metallic inks, matching the train's livery. The artwork is by one of the LNER's regular poster artists, Frank Parkinson Newbould (1887 - 1951) and the booklet makes extensive use of the recently adopted 'standard' Gill Sans typeface. This is the version of the booklet issued for the second year of operation in 1936 with slight amendments to certain timings and connections.
The rear of the engine has a ladder and a red marker light. The circle tiles shall have the letters 'G', 'C', and 'R' on them standing for Gotham Central Railroad.
Norfolk & Western number 611 sits at the station at the Strasburg Railroad on this overcast October day. The details on this streamlined locomotive are brought out quite well in B&W. For an engine built back in 1950, she looks like she just rolled off the assembly line a few weeks ago!
This curiously dated streamlined livery was carried by an earlier batch of Tiger Cubs in the Doncaster fleet. Doncaster Corporation resisted the move to rear-engined single-deckers, almost until the end, taking several batches of Roe-bodied Leyland Tiger Cubs and the Royal Tiger Cubs (becoming the only home market customer for the later). This particular example was delivered without the streamlined flash and was later repainted in all-over red with purple and whte graphics in a contemporary style (16-Aug-14).
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Streamlined LMS Stanier Princess Coronation 4-6-2 Pacific 6229 DUCHESS OF HAMILTON at the National Railway Museum, York.
Another great Czech streamlined design was the fabulous T600 fastback saloon.
It was based on the revolutionary design of the 1933-1938 T77/T77a and its derivatives by Hans Ledwinka.
To my opinion the T600 is one of the most beautiful but rather underestimated car-designs.
The design team consisted of Josef Chalupa,
Vladimír Popelář, František Kardaus and Hans Ledwinka.
1952 cc 4 cylinder air-cooled boxer engine.
1180 kg.
Production period 1947-1952.
This car was for sale in Ostrava (CZ) since April 11, 2017. The price was on demand.
Found on rajveteranu.cz (April 12, 2017).
Original photographer, place and date unknown.
© 2017-18 Rajveteranu/Sander Toonen Amsterdam | All Rights Reserved
The streamlined goosander is a handsome bird and a great fisher - its long, serrated bill helps it to catch and hold its slippery fish prey. It nests in riverbank trees, but can be seen on lakes and reservoirs in winter.
Statistics
Length: 57-69cm
Wingspan: 90cm
Weight: 1.3-1.7kg
Average lifespan: 7 years
Conservation status
Classified in the UK as Green under the Birds of Conservation Concern 4: the Red List for Birds (2021).
When to see
January to December
M-309.
Escala 1/43.
Citroën DS 23 (1972-1975).
Paris (Francia / France).
Pilen.
Hecho en España / Made in Spain.
Años 70. (2/76)
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Citroën DS
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Citroën DS (French pronunciation: [si.tʁɔ.ˈɛn de ɛs]) is a front-engine, front-wheel-drive executive car manufactured and marketed by the French company Citroën from 1955 to 1975 in sedan, wagon/estate and convertible body configurations.
Italian sculptor and industrial designer Flaminio Bertoni and the French aeronautical engineer André Lefèbvre styled and engineered the car. Paul Magès developed the hydropneumatic self-levelling suspension.
Noted for its aerodynamic, futuristic body design and innovative technology, the DS set new standards in ride quality, handling, and braking]—and was the first production car equipped with disc brakes.
Citroën sold 1,455,746 examples, including 1,330,755 built at the manufacturer's Paris Quai André-Citroën production plant.
The DS placed third in the 1999 Car of the Century poll recognizing the world's most influential auto designs and was named the most beautiful car of all time by Classic & Sports Car magazine."
(...)
- Series 1 (1955-1962) : original nose.
- Series 2 (1963-1967) : redesigned nose.
- Series 3 (1968-1976) : Nose redesign in 1967 with Directional headlights.
"In late 1967, for the 1968 model year, the DS and ID was again restyled, by Robert Opron, who also styled the 1970 SM and 1974 CX.
This version had a more streamlined headlamp design, giving the car a notably shark-like appearance.
This design had four headlights under a smooth glass canopy, and the inner set swivelled with the steering wheel. This allowed the driver to see "around" turns, especially valuable on twisting roads driven at high speed at night."
(...)
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_DS
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[ CITROËN DS - EVOLUTION ]
- 06 OCTOBER 1955 - THE PARIS MOTOR SHOW SETS THE SCENE FOR A REVOLUTION IN TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN.
"Citroën presents the DS, a car straight out of science-fiction, with original looks, avant-garde interior design, hydropneumatic suspension and hydraulic assistance. It gains 750 sales in 45 minutes, 12,000 in just one day and almost 80,000 by the end of the show."
- MAY 1957 - CITROËN ID 19
"The ID 19 joins the range, with a choice of two versions: Standard (63 bhp, 4,000 rpm and 130kph) and Luxury (66 bhp, 4,500 rpm and 135kph)."
- 1959 - CITROËN ID 19 AT MONTE-CARLO
"An ID 19 wins the Monte-Carlo Rally with Coltelloni-Alexandre and Desrosiers. As a result, Citroën decides to take part in other road races."
- FEBRUARY 1959 - CITROËN DS CAR BODY
"Another first. Citroën is invited to display a DS body at the Milan Triennale, an international exhibition of art and design chaired by the architect Gio Ponti."
(...)
- 01 OCTOBER 1960 - CITROËN CABRIOLET DS 19 LAUNCHED IN PARIS
"At the Paris Motor Show, Citroën presents the DS 19 Cabriolet, with bodywork by Henri Chapron. A vast range of customisation options are on offer: 76 colour combinations, 13 bodywork colours and 11 shades for the leather trim and upholstery."
- 23 AUGUST 1962 - THE CITROËN DS AFTER THE ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF GENERAL DE GAULLE
"General de Gaulle survives an attempted assassination at Petit Clamart outside Paris. The tyres of the president's Citroën DS are riddled with bullets, but the car stays on the road without any other damage."
- OCTOBER 1962 - CITROËN DS 19 AT VERSAILLES
"At the Paris Motor Show, held in October at the Porte de Versailles centre for the first time, Citroën presents a restyled DS 19. The nose and bumper are redesigned to improve aerodynamics and performance. It can reach speeds of 160kph."
- 1963 - CITROËN DS
"Citroën sets up a motorsports department led by René Cotton."
- 07 FEBRUARY 1964 - FLAMINIO BERTONI DIES.
"He was a key Citroën designer and the man behind the legendary DS 19 and Ami 6."
- SEPTEMBER 1964 - CITROËN DS 19 PALLAS
"Citroën presents the DS 19 Pallas, an even more sophisticated car with particular emphasis on interior trim and finish."
- SEPTEMBER 1965 - CITROËN DS 21
"The arrival of the new DS 21. More powerful, fitted with a crankshaft with five bearings, the DS 21 also features an automatic headlight levelling system to offset dynamic variations in attitude."
- JANUARY 1965 - CITROËN DS AT THE MONTE CARLO RALLY
"Driven by Pauli Toivonen, the DS wins its last Monte-Carlo Rally."
- SEPTEMBER 1967 - HEADLIGHTS OF THE CITROËN DS & ID
"All DS and ID models are restyled, including wings, bonnet, bumpers, lower fairing and also an optical system with four headlights, two of which swivel with the steering."
- SEPTEMBER 1969 - ELECTRONIC INJECTION FOR THE CITROËN DS 21
"Citroën leaves the competition behind once again with the arrival of the DS 21, the first French production model to feature electronic injection (12 bhp, 188kph and 10 litres per 100km)."
- 07 OCTOBER 1969 - GOLD CITROËN DS
"The one millionth DS rolls off the production line: a DS 21 with gold bodywork."
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- SEPTEMBER 1972 - CITROËN DS 23
"The DS 23 replaces the DS 21. Featuring a carburettor and electronic fuel injection, it has the new 2,347cmᶟ engine, (188kph and 12 litres per 100km)."
- 24 APRIL 1975 - LAST CITROËN DS 23 BUILT IN PARIS
"The last DS leaves the line at the Javel plant, vehicle number 1,330,755. It's a DS 23 Pallas with Delta Blue bodywork and electronic injection."
Source: www.citroen.co.uk/about-citroen/our-brand/history
More info:
www.citroenet.org.uk/passenger-cars/michelin/ds/04.html
www.dsidclubdefrance.net/pages/evolution_DS.htm
www.ideale-ds-france.com/pdf/histoire_des_id-ds.pdf
voitures-anciennes.over-blog.com/pages/Chronologie_de_la_...
id.dscollection.free.fr/Histoire.htm
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